Top Schools with Organizational Behavior PhD Programs: School List

Learn the program rankings and content for organizational behavior Ph.D. programs at two leading universities. Find out why these schools stand out and what students can expect from these programs.

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The top Ph.D. programs in organizational behavior are offered by the business schools at Harvard University and Stanford University. These schools both have highly-ranked graduate programs in this subject and both schools offer programs from the micro and macro perspectives.

1. Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts

Harvard University was ranked first on U.S. News & World Report's 2010 list of top graduate organizational behavior programs in the United States. This school offers a Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior that teaches students to use psychology and sociology perspectives when performing research in organizational behavior. The program also incorporates business administration theories. Students can concentrate on the micro level, which includes individual behavior patterns, or on the macro level, which concentrates on the overall behavior patterns within an organizational setting.

2. Stanford University in California

Stanford University was ranked second on U.S. News & World Report's 2010 list of best national organizational behavior graduate schools and fifth on the Financial Times 2008 list of top international graduate organizational behavior schools. The Ph.D. program in organizational behavior is offered through Stanford's Graduate School of Business and is composed of two concentrations, micro and macro organizational behavior. The micro organizational behavior program focuses on the ways that individuals and groups interact within organizational structures and covers topics including perceptions, bargaining, collaboration, profiling, and the use of power. The macro program concentrates on behavior in relation to overall organizational, social and economic structures.

List of Top Organizational Behavior Programs By Student Enrollment

School Name

Distinction

Location

Boston University

The school offers several research centers for doctoral students, including a Behavioral Lab and an Executive Development Roundtable.

Boston, MA

Harvard University

Students in the doctoral program are taught by faculty from both the Harvard Business School and the Department of Sociology.

Cambridge, MA

Ohio State University

In 2014, U.S. News & World Report ranked OSU 8th among public universities.

Columbus, OH

Purdue University - West Lafayette

The university's PhD program in organizational behavior boasts a 1:1 student-to-faculty ratio, and every student gets to teach their own course.

West Lafayette, IN

Stanford University

U.S. News & World Report ranked Stanford #5 among all National Universities in 2014.

Stanford, CA

University of California - Los Angeles

Students have access to the Anderson Behavioral Lab, which administers both online and in-person studies.

Los Angeles, CA

University of Illinois - Urbana - Champaign

The university's Organizational Behavior/Theory faculty group has been ranked among the top 10 in terms of its research.

Champaign, IL

University of Maryland - College Park

The doctoral program offered by the university's Robert H. Smith School of Business was ranked #11 internationally by the Financial Times in 2014.

College Park, MD

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

The PhD program has an acceptance rate of 5% and has approximately 100 students enrolled.

Ann Arbor, MI

Virginia Commonwealth University

Tuition and fees are waived for graduate students with research and teaching assistantships.